Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 15 of the politics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★ · right ✓
"Back in my day things were better" says Grandad in Kent. His cousin says "Not for everyone, Grandad." Why can both feel right?
- 1. They grew up in different times and lived different lives — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Grandad has forgotten everything — no support
- 3. One of them must be lying, because only one of them can be right about the past — no support
- 4. Teenagers know nothing about the past — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 1: «Politics is how a group of people decides things that everybody then has to live with, when people want different things and there is only one ball, one pot of…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
«yinz are gonna fight about the election again?? who wants pie» says Aunt Pat (yinz = you all). Why does the pie line work?
- 1. It ends the argument forever, for good and all — no support
- 2. Pie settles who is right about the election — no support
- 3. It changes the subject so dinner can go on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. It makes Uncle switch parties for a slice of pie — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 3: «There are good tricks for keeping the peace: change the subject ("Who wants pie?"), say the other side's best reason before you argue, correct a wrong fact kin…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «change» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «subject» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
«my bestie said ur mum is wrong about the election, I'm lowkey hurt» (lowkey = a bit, quietly). What is the best way to see it?
- 1. Mia must argue for her mum — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Mia's mum must change her vote — no support
- 3. Kids repeat what they hear at home, and friends can stay friends — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She is no longer a friend and Mia should find a new bestie who agrees with her mum — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Grandma and Uncle have not spoken for months after a politics row. What would happen if they agreed to talk about other things?
- 1. They might make up and the family barbecues could come back — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The election would be cancelled — no support
- 3. Nothing could ever change — no support
- 4. They would have to vote the same way from now on, or the talking would not count — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 1: «Big family dinners are where politics often explodes: everyone is at one table, everyone has views, and the turkey is getting cold. Grandma and Uncle can love…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «vote» (+2); the same doer «grandma» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Grandma in Sligo asks Aisha who she would vote for. Aisha says "I dunno yet." Why is that a good answer?
- 1. She is not allowed to speak — no support
- 2. It shows she does not care — no support
- 3. It is honest; people make up their minds over many years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Children must always pick a side, so Aisha should choose the one Grandma likes — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 12: «Children cannot vote yet, and being undecided is fine; people make up their minds by learning and listening over many years.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mind» (+2); the same doer «people» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
The cousins in Napier must say the other side's best reason before arguing. Your brother says that is "giving in". What is true?
- 1. It is cheating at the dinner table, like peeking at cards — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Understanding someone is not the same as agreeing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It means you have lost the argument before you start — no support
- 4. It only works with grandmas who are very, very patient — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
"Grandad's posting proper nonsense again, I'm gonna call him out in front of everyone" says Priya. What is the kinder, better plan?
- 1. Shout it at dinner so all can hear, so that Grandad feels ashamed and stops posting — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Check the fact, then tell him gently and in private — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Post a mean meme about him — no support
- 4. Never speak to him again — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
The family chat explodes after Uncle's political post. "Bruv, I'm done" types Noah's cousin (bruv = mate, brother). What did Mum do that works?
- 1. Left the family — no support
- 2. Deleted Uncle's phone — no support
- 3. Muted the chat to take a break — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
- 4. Posted a bigger argument — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 13, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 15: «People type things in group chats they would not say face to face; muting a chat is a way to take a break.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «break» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Chloe's parents vote for different parties. "How do you stay married?" What is the answer?
- 1. They argue every day — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. One of them secretly votes the same — no support
- 3. They talk, listen and sometimes agree to disagree — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They never talk about anything at all, not even dinner — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
In Ireland's referendum, Grandma voted No and Uncle voted Yes. "Sure, they're still hugging, the eejits" laughs Oisin (eejit = fool, said fondly). What does this show?
- 1. The vote was cancelled — no support
- 2. You can love someone and still vote differently — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. Referendums make families fall out forever, so they will stop hugging soon — no support
- 4. Grandma changed her vote after — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 15, line 1: «Big family dinners are where politics often explodes: everyone is at one table, everyone has views, and the turkey is getting cold. Grandma and Uncle can love…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «grandma» (+2); the same action «vote» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Some people say some beliefs are too important to pretend to agree about. What do others say?
- 1. Beliefs never matter in the end, not even a little — no support
- 2. No election is worth losing your family over — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Only the loudest belief counts at a family dinner — no support
- 4. Families should never talk to each other again — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 8, line 17: «Some people say sales tax is fair because everyone pays when they spend; others say it hits poorer families harder because they spend most of what they have.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «poorer families» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the term which denotes the division of a population into two opposing camps which seldom communicate with one another.
- 1. Common ground — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Consensus-building — no support
- 3. Reconciliation — no support
- 4. Polarisation — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice described as "steelmanning"?
- 1. The refusal to listen to an opposing view — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The presentation of an opposing view in its weakest form, in order that it may be defeated with the least effort — no support
- 3. The adoption of the opposing view as one's own — no support
- 4. The presentation of an opposing view in its strongest form, which does not entail agreement with it — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established guidance concerning the correction of false information repeated by an elderly relative.
- 1. The correction shall be made courteously and, where appropriate, in private — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No correction shall ever be attempted — no support
- 3. The correction shall be made publicly, before the assembled family, in order to embarrass the relative — no support
- 4. The relative shall be excluded from family gatherings — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a referendum is held in respect of an amendment to the constitution of Ireland. Determine the nature of such a vote.
- 1. A vote in which candidates are ranked in order of preference — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A vote in which each family casts one ballot — no support
- 3. A vote in which members of parliament alone elect a prime minister from among their number — no support
- 4. A vote in which the electorate answers a single question with yes or no — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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